The Heart of Jesus Chapel Odorheiu Secuiesc

The chapel was built in 1720 and consecrated in 1725 in honor of St. James and Philip. There are assumptions that the chapel may have been built earlier or that a smaller chapel existed on the site. From Bogát Hill, where the chapel rises, there are beautiful views of the Felcsík Basin, the Csíki Mountains, the Nagyhagymás Mountains and the Harghita Mountains.

The Savior's Passion Chapel is on the Eastern slope of the hill. The most valuable object of the chapel is the statue of Jesus, sculpted in 1810. According to tradition, the sinful man locked himself in this chapel, prayed, fasted and whipped his body, in his desire to cleanse and suffer for his sins.

The chapel, located on the edge of the square in front of the church, was built in 1767. It is the place where the pilgrims were traditionally welcomed and where the Whitsunday procession began. The commemorative column of the Battle of Tolvajos Pass, which took place on 17 May 1567, built from the royal judge's donation, Count Henter Antal, is located next to the chapel. The column was originally raised on the battlefield, but Simon Jukundián moved it to the current location around 1870.

Those who want a spiritual walk could follow the Way of the Cross, called the Szekler Calvary, and pass through the 14 stations, carved into two-meter-tall rocks, which, besides the passions of Jesus, also show the crucial moments in the history of the Szeklers. The stations were set along the forest road leading to Ugron chapel. The chapel, which is seen among the trees on the Nagymál ridge, is the tomb of the Ugron family, an old Szekler family of historical importance.

The Roman-Catholic chapel raised in honor of St. Ana can be visited near St. Anna Lake. It was built in 1977, to replace a wooden chapel. People come to pray at the wood chapel near the lake since the 12th century. In 1564, a stone chapel was erected, the area being so popular that during the 17th and 18th centuries about 30,000-40,000 pilgrims arrived, and stayed for several days. It is said that Saint Ana helps young people to find their soul mate. Another legend says, that women who cannot have children, although they want it dearly, will succeed after a pilgrimage to St. Ana's Lake. Text source: https://adevarul.ro/

The chapel on Șumuleu Mic hill dedicated to Saint Anthony was created from the rebuilding of a smaller chapel from the 17th century. The construction of the original chapel is traditionally linked to the Turkish-Mongolian destruction of 1661. Tradition says a monk has survived the attacks because he has fled on the Șumuleu Mic hill. Seeing that the other monks of his order were banished, he promised Saint Anthony of Padua that if he survives, he would build a chapel with his own hands in that place. He kept his promise and built the predecessor of today's chapel in 1673. About this dating confesses an inscription on a brick found during the 1775 rebuilding and which mentions the name of the monk, Johan [n] es Mak (Mák János). The original chapel was much smaller than the present one, with about the same size as the sanctuary of the latter.

There are three chapels on Şumuleu Mic, of which, without doubt, the most valuable is the chapel dedicated to the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ, the Salvator medieval chapel. The chapel dated in the second half of the 15th century was built according to tradition to commemorate the siege of Belgrade in 1456, because the battle was won by invoking the name of the Savior on August 6 on the day of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ (in Latin Transfiguratio Salvatoris - abbreviated Salvator). The chapel was rebuilt in the seventeenth century, with a single nave and square altar, a wooden structure hallway covered with a hussar tower. This expansion was replaced in the nineteenth century with a stone-built hallway.